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Lloyds Bank Accounts Targeted in Huge Cyber Crime Attack

February 14, 2017 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Lloyds Banking Group suffered a 48-hour online attack last month as cybercriminals attempted to block access to 20m UK accounts. The denial of service attack ran for two days from Wednesday 11 January to Friday 13 January, as Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland were bombarded with millions of fake requests, designed to grind the […]

New Guidance for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

February 8, 2017 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

In January, the ICO revealed a new swathe of guidance for the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The first set of guidance – published in October – covered privacy notices, transparency and control which came with a warning that it is no longer enough just to place a privacy notice on a website, they have […]

Masterclass on Being Cyber Security Streetwise – Wednesday 25th January 2017

January 20, 2017 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

We would like to invite you to a Mastermind Masterclass event being presented by Marlon Johnson on Being Cyber Streetwise and top tips on how to protect your confidential data in an age where data security is probably the most important issue in the workplace. Managing Director and Founder of JMS Secure Data, Marlon Johnson’s […]

How the ICO will be supporting the implementation of the GDPR

December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Article by Elizabeth Denham, ICO’s Information Commissioner, on 31st October 2016: The government has now confirmed that the UK will be implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP used her appearance before the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee to say: “We will be members of the EU […]

‘Tesco Bank’s major vulnerability is its ownership by Tesco,’ claims ex-employee

December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Links to supermarket’s systems may have exposed vulnerability…. A former techie at the UK’s Tesco Bank reckons the recent high-profile breach may be down to security shortcomings at the bank’s parent supermarket. Earlier this month Tesco Bank admitted that an estimated £2.5m had been stolen from 9,000 customer accounts in the biggest cyber-heist of its […]

Personal details of thousands of Precise customers at risk after burglary

December 9, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Some 14,000 customers of Precise Mortgages could be at risk of identity fraud after personal details were stolen from an administrative office at the lender’s site in Wolverhampton. Customers of Precise were written to after a break-in took place and physical hardware was stolen on 7 October. Around 11,000 savings customers with the lender’s sister […]

130,000 customers hit by Three mobile data breach

December 8, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Customer information from more than 130,000 users of the Three mobile network has been compromised in a cyber security breach, the mobile operator has said. Three boss Dave Dyson said in a statement that all affected customers were being contacted individually and that while personal information had been accessed, no financial information had been compromised. […]

JMS Secure Data’s New Best Practice Guide

October 21, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Our newly improved Best Practice Guide has now been produced. This includes important information about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will take effect from May 2018. All regulated companies will be expected to follow this new law change to avoid reputational damage and hefty fines from the ICO. We have given advice […]

Yahoo’s massive data breach could see US firm Verizon walk away from acquiring the online giant

October 13, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

Since Yahoo’s confirmed breach of 500 million credentials, US Telecom’s firm Verizon who were originally in the process of acquiring Yahoo says now it could have a ‘material’ impact on its deal to buy the internet firm after agreeing to purchase the main parts of the business in July for $4.8bn (£4bn). Verizon could seek […]

TalkTalk fined a record £400,000 for security failings which allowed 156,000 customers’ data to be accessed ‘with ease’

October 13, 2016 / by admin / Article / 0 comments

TalkTalk has been fined a record £400,000 for security failings over a cyber attack which allowed customer data to be accessed ‘with ease’, a watchdog announced. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the attack last October could have been prevented if TalkTalk had taken basic steps to protect customers’ information. Personal data of 156,959 customers including […]

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